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  1. steve gilliland

    smoke chamber lid hinges

    I'm beginning a reverse smoker build from a 30 gallon air compressor tank and I'd like to see pix of some styles of lid hinges you all have come up with. Thanks Steve
  2. steve gilliland

    Smoker Size

    Its the tank from a vertical air compressor but I plan to turn it on its side and make it a horizontal smoker. Steve
  3. steve gilliland

    Standard Reverse Flow Smoker Calculator... by DaveOmak and others... Ready to use.. rev5.. 6/19/15.

    Dave Thanks for your reply but I am totally new to the art of smoking meat and have only tried my old Char Broil grill once with little success, so all this does is make my head spin. Steve
  4. steve gilliland

    Smoker Size

    I'm going to build a smoker. I will either modify a Char Broil charcoal grill by adding an outside firebox and other mods, or I will start from scratch with the tank from an old vertical air compressor. I'm leaning toward the compressor tank because of its thickness, but I'm concerned as to...
  5. steve gilliland

    chest freezer smoker build

    Cranky I'm leaning toward rebuilding the Char Broil too, where can I find out about the "mods" needed. I've been reading a lot about reverse flow smokers, what's your opinion of them. I have a welder and was a welder and fabricator for 30 years so I can probably do most of what's needed. Any...
  6. steve gilliland

    chest freezer smoker build

    Cranky What I have now is a little Char Broil rig with a stack on the top on one end, an air control baffle on each end, and just a manual way to raise and lower the fire cradle inside. Its really a pretty nice sturdy built little rig and I'm sure works good as a charcoal grill, but has no...
  7. steve gilliland

    chest freezer smoker build

    Dear Cranky Do you think I would be better off trying to add an offset firebox to my garage sale smoker and modifying it rather than tackling a freezer build? Steve
  8. steve gilliland

    smokin' newbie

    I'm Steve Gilliland from south central Kansas. I recently retired and I'm a part time outdoor writer. My passions are coyote and bobcat trapping and deer hunting. I welded for 30 years back in the day and have a pretty nice welder and shop. I am TOTALLY new to smoking. I bought a charcoal...
  9. steve gilliland

    chest freezer smoker build

    I'm a new member and a new smoker. I have a small chest freezer that quit working and need advise and details about turning it into a smoker. I have no smoking experience so please help Thanks Steve
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